(a) No person shall operate or permit to be operated any watercraft on the waters in the City:
(1) Sixteen feet or greater in length, without carrying on board one type one, two or three personal flotation device, as the same are defined in Ohio R.C. 1547.01, for each person on board and one type four personal flotation devices; or
(2) Less than sixteen feet in length, including canoes, without carrying on board one type one, two, three or four personal flotation device, as the same are defined in Ohio R.C. 1547.01, for each person on board.
(b) Each personal flotation device shall be Coast Guard approved and in good and serviceable condition, of appropriate size for the wearer and readily accessible to each person aboard such watercraft at all times. (ORC 1547.25)
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Punishment shall be as provided in Section 698.02. (ORC 1547.99(C))